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Mohamed bin Hammam, the former Fifa presidential candidate, has vowed to provide "convincing grounds" to prove his innocence when he faces what he describes as "politically motivated" corruption charges in Zurich this week.

In a Thursday press conference via phone, commission Vice Chairman Bill Thomas, a former congressman and one of the three Republican dissenters, railed at what he called the politically driven "bumper sticker" type explanation for the cause of the crisis stated in the Democrat-dominated majority's report findings.

More: Ukraine's President Stays Defiant Technical negotiations on the agreement are continuing, but European leaders have said it is unlikely to be ratified by the EU members' parliaments amid what they called the politically motivated conviction of Ms. Tymoshenko last week.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) accused Republicans over the weekend of "hiding behind the skirts" of GOP Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) in what she characterized as a politically motivated opposition to the START nuclear arms reduction treaty.

Mr. Rather filed suit against CBS in September 2007, charging that his career had been damaged by what he called a politically biased report from the panel, which consisted of a former chief executive of The Associated Press, Louis D. Boccardi, and a former Republican attorney general, Richard Thornburgh.

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And George W. Bush may not be in charge anymore, but Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy wants to investigate what he characterizes as politically inspired moves during the Bush administration.

That having been said, the president said that he would go to Kyoto or Copenhagen, I'm sorry, with what he calls a politically binding commitment from the United States to reduce our emissions by 83 percent.